A MAN OF MANY PARTS |
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A MAN OF MANY PARTS
It was a man of many parts,
Who in his coffer mind
Had stored the Classics and the Arts
And Sciences combined;
The purest gems of poesy
Came flashing from his pen--
The wholesome truths of History
He gave his fellow men. He knew the stars from "Dog" to Mars;
And he could tell you, too,
Their distances--as though the cars
Had often checked him through--
And time `twould take to reach the sun,
Or by the "Milky Way,"
Drop in upon the moon, or run
The homeward trip, or stay. With Logic at his fingers` ends,
Theology in mind,
He often entertained his friends
Until they died resigned;
And with inquiring mind intent
Upon Alchemic arts
A dynamite experiment--
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A man of many parts!
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